{"id":8091,"date":"2019-08-29T19:49:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T23:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/?p=8091"},"modified":"2019-08-29T19:49:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T23:49:47","slug":"mira-usa-volunteers-continue-participating-in-the-american-red-cross-disaster-relief-training-to-help-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/?p=8091","title":{"rendered":"MIRA USA Volunteers Continue Participating in the American Red Cross \u201cDisaster Relief\u201d Training to Help Those in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8092\" src=\"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/08_17_19-Jornada-de-Capacitacion-en-la-Cruz-Roja.-Miraistas-exponen-sobre-la-parte-final-de-finalizacion-de-un-refigio.-1-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Saturday, August 17, MIRA USA volunteers from Maryland and Virginia attended a Red Cross Training, located at the Washington, D.C. headquarters, titled \u201cEveryone is Welcome in Our Home.\u201d During the first training session from 9am-10:30am, MIRA USA volunteers learned about the Red Cross\u2019 commitment to helping the needs of victims of natural disasters without making any exceptions. Our MIRA USA volunteers also learned the importance of providing services to those in need and understanding the importance of providing resources and accommodations for people with disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The second training session, \u201cShelter Fundamentals\u201d, took place from 11:00am-1:30pm.<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"> It focused on learning the complex requirements of running a shelter in an efficient manner. MIRA USA\u00a0volunteers learned about the operations within a shelter, the resources required, and the best practices on how to open and close a Red Cross shelter. MIRA USA volunteers also participated in a group activity in which they replicated different potential shelter operational scenarios such as: assigning leadership roles within a shelter, allocating resources, food and sleeping arrangements, registration, emergencies, and how to properly close a shelter by providing notice. Each group presented a mock scenario on how they would\u2019ve handled the different operational aspects of running the shelter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To conclude, the volunteers were invited to tour the Red Cross headquarters to learn about the history and impact that the Red Cross has had these past few years. This training session was comprised of several dedicated MIRA USA volunteers and 4 Red Cross volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Participants<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The American Red Cross\u00a0:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Steven Colon &#8211; Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Joseph Prewitt-Diaz &#8211; Exponent<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cara Noverio Senior -Disaster Program Manager<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paul Carden Regional &#8211; Disaster Program Officer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MIRA USA volunteers from Maryland and Virginia<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">29\u00a0Miraistas<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maryland:14<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Virginia:15<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Training : \u201c Everyone is Welcome in our house\u201d and \u201cShelter fundamentals\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gallery <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mirausa\/albums\/72157710591429446\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, August 17, MIRA USA volunteers from Maryland and Virginia attended a Red Cross Training, located at the Washington, D.C. headquarters, titled \u201cEveryone is Welcome in Our Home.\u201d During [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[335,435,436,95,96,437,438],"class_list":["post-8091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria","tag-american-red-cross","tag-disaster-relief","tag-maryland","tag-mira-usa","tag-red-cross","tag-virginia","tag-volunteers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirausa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}